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CellA is a network for professional Saudi
women. Founded in Riyadh, it’s quickly spreading to the rest of the
kingdom’s commercial and educational hubs such as Jeddah and Al
Khobar.

The organization dates back to 2011, when a group of
professional Saudi women met at a leadership event in Riyadh and
realized the need for ongoing networking and professional
development events for women in the Kingdom. This led to the birth
of CellA, a non-profit organization supported by the
Riyadh-based Al-Nahda Society, and
the organization of the first CellA event in August 2011.

In the following years, the network continued to grow, both in
members and numbers of events. With more than 2500 members across
the Kingdom, CellA has expanded the scale of its events to include
inspirational talks, networking meetings, workshops, and mentorship
sessions.

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with the women behind
CellA’s Al Khobar chapter. Below is an edited video of my chat with
them:

Ahmed Al Majid is a graduate of McGill University working with
Saudi Aramco at the Kesytone Center, an idea translation lab being
built as part of the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture in
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He can be found on Twitter at @ahmed_oo.